BAM,
IRAN - Fifteen
days after being buried underneath
earthquake rubble, a 23 year
old man was found alive and
in excellent health in the Iranian
city of Bam, an International
Red Cross spokesman reported.

Luckily for the man he was frolicking
in the rubber ball pit at Akbar
Muhammed’s “Aab
Goosht Baadenjaan & Arcade”.
Aab Goosht Baadenjaan is a favorite
dish among the Iranian people.
It consists of meat, split peas,
eggplants, turmeric and potatoes.

A magnitude 6.6 quake struck
Bam on December 26, killing
an estimated 30,000 people,
leveling most of the town &
holiday spirits of this quaint
town 220 miles north of the
Gulf of Oman.

Experts say it is very rare
for people to survive for more
than 72 hours in post earthquake
rubble, however Tahmasbi Duncar
(the survivor) lasted as long
as he did because his surroundings
cushioned the fall.

“When the earthquake hit,
I was jumping around and splashing
the rubber balls in the pit
everywhere. There was a fat
kid at the top of the sliding
board and I didn’t pay
him no mind. So when the earthquake
hit, I thought the fat kid fell
or something,” said Duncar
of his experience.

Tahmasbi
Duncar Loves
Being Amongst Balls

He
continued, “It didn’t take
long for me to realize that a tragedy
had struck when I then saw that fat
kid and about 3 other people get crushed
by the roof that collapsed. It’s
sad, that fat kid was full of spirit.”

Duncar explained how the experience
was a dream come true for him because
he always wanted to just spend two weeks
“laying amongst the balls”.

Experts believe Duncar survived as long
as he did because of his high spirits
and he lived off the food he found left
by other in the bottom of the ball pit.

Experts also believe that even though
he is in perfect health and spirits,
Duncar would have been better off having
been crushed in the earthquake.